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Portable shrine (gau)
Portable shrine (gau)

Portable shrine (gau)

Date17th-18th century
Label Text
Object number65.95
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Discovering Buddhist Art - Seeking the Sublime", July 9, 2003 - June 3, 2005
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions6 1/4 x 3 7/8 in. (15.88 x 9.84 cm) Overall h.: 7 7/8 in.
MediumSilver and copper
Photo: Scott Leen
late 19th to early 20th century
Object number: 2021.23.9
Indian
19th century
Object number: 57.155
Prayer wheel
20th century
Object number: 44.218
Photo by Tom Joyce
Object number: 2007.244
Photo by Tom Joyce
early 20th century
Object number: 2007.245
Photo by Tom Joyce
Object number: 2007.246
Reliquary casket
French, probably Limoges
ca. 1200 - 1225
Object number: 49.38
Pyx
French, probably Limoges
mid 13th century
Object number: 49.39
Crozier with Saint Michael slaying the dragon
French, probably Limoges
mid-13th century
Object number: 52.103
Crucifix
French, probably Limoges
ca. 1200
Object number: 46.32
Buddhist hand prayer wheel
ca. 1750-1850
Object number: 65.94